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enAXEL – 2018 - Introduction To Particle Acceleratorshttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/axel-2018-introduction-particle-accelerators
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<p><strong>AXEL-2018</strong> is a course series on particle accelerators, given at CERN within the framework of the 2018 Technical Training Program. As part of the BE Department’s Operation Group Shutdown Lecture series, the general accelerator physics module has been organized since 2003 as a joint venture between the BE Department and Technical Training, and is open to a wider CERN community.</p>
<p>The lecturer is Rende Steerenberg, Group leader of the BE-Operation Group.</p>
<p><u>Programme</u>: Basic Mathematics; Transverse Optics; Lattice calculations; Resonances; Longitudinal Motion; Transfer Lines, Injection and Ejection; Longitudinal &amp; Transverse Beam Instabilities, Colliders.</p>
<p><u>Target audience</u>: designed for technicians who are operating an accelerator, or whose work is closely linked to accelerators, but it is also open to technicians, engineers, and physicists interested in this field.</p>
<p><u>Pre-requirements</u>: The course does not require any prior knowledge of accelerators. However, some basic knowledge of trigonometry, matrices and differential equations, and some basic knowledge of magnetism would be an advantage.</p>
<p>The series will be composed of 10 one-hour lectures (Monday 05.03.2018 – Fri 09.03.2018, from 09:00 to 10:15 and from 10:45 to 12:00), given in English with questions and answers also possible in French. Participation in all lectures is encouraged, to allow people to gain maximum benefit from the course.</p>
<p>If you are interested in AXEL-2018, please discuss with your supervisor. Registration is required, participants must sign up via the following link: <a href="https://cern.ch/course/?089AXE01">https://cern.ch/course/?089AXE01</a>.</p>
<p>The detailed program is available on <a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/704869/">the AXEL-2018 indico web page</a>.</p>
<p>A small contribution of CHF20,- is requested when registering to covers the cost for the printed syllabus.</p>
<p>Attendance will be recorded in the personal training records.</p>
<p><em>Organizers:<br />
Rende Steerenberg/BE-OP/79086/164518<br />
Technical Training/HR-LD/72844/74924</em></p>
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Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:14:58 +0000Corinne Pralavorio124230 at https://home.cern17 February: emergency stop tests Prévessin site - Area 10https://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/17-february-emergency-stop-tests-prevessin-site-area-10
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<p>The emergency stop tests of the area 10 on the Prévessin site are planned on Saturday 17 February 2018 from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.</p>
<p>Frequent power cuts will occur on the Prévessin site - Area 10 (buildings 867; 864-865 blocks 1 &amp; 2; 866-892 blocks 3 &amp; 4; 904; 927; 926; 933; 880; 881; 939). The EN-EL group recommends that you turn off all your critical equipment and computer equipment.</p>
<p>For any further information please refer to the <a class="bulletin" href="https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1900634/1/ENNC_EL_2018_023_AUG_PREVESSIN_ZONE_10.pdf">"note de coupure"</a>.</p>
<p>Thank you for your understanding.</p>
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Thu, 08 Feb 2018 08:09:10 +0000Cristina Agrigoroae123882 at https://home.cernBreakthrough Initiatives: search for life in the universehttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/breakthrough-initiatives-search-life-universe
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<p>At 2.00 p.m. on 15 February, a seminar about the <a href="http://breakthroughinitiatives.org/">Breakthrough Initiatives</a> will take place in the Council Chamber, presented by Pete Worden, Executive Director of the Breakthrough Initiatives.</p>
<p>The Breakthrough Initiatives are programmes of scientific and technological exploration, probing the big questions of life in the universe.</p>
<p>On 20 July 2015 at the Royal Society in London, Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking and Lord Martin Rees announced a set of initiatives — a scientific programme aimed at finding evidence of technological life beyond Earth entitled “Breakthrough Listen”. In addition, on 20 April 2016, atop the One World Trade Center in New York, Breakthrough Starshot was announced, a project for an interstellar voyage to Alpha Centauri.</p>
<p>These are the first of several privately-funded global initiatives to answer the fundamental science questions surrounding the origin, extent and nature of life in the universe. The Breakthrough Initiatives are managed by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.</p>
<p>More information about the event can be found here: <a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/703896/">https://indico.cern.ch/event/703896/</a>.</p>
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Wed, 07 Feb 2018 13:50:31 +0000Iva Raynova123800 at https://home.cern5-8 March at CERN: 11th Inverted CERN School of Computing https://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/5-8-march-cern-11th-inverted-cern-school-computing
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<p>The 11<sup>th</sup> edition of the “Inverted” CERN School of Computing (iCSC 2018) will take place at CERN from <strong>5 to 8 March 2018 in the IT Auditorium</strong> (Room 31/3-004).</p>
<p>An excellent programme is planned, consisting of lectures and hands-on exercises selected from a range of proposals submitted by CSC 2017 students. You are not obliged to attend every lecture, indeed you can simply attend the lectures and exercises that interest you the most.</p>
<p><strong>Attendance is free and open to everyone at CERN</strong>, and the event will be webcast for those who cannot attend in person.</p>
<p>Registration is not compulsory, but will allow you to enjoy coffee courtesy of the CSC, and obtain a hard copy of the booklet, which includes the lecture slides and notes (while stocks last).</p>
<p>Programme and registration: <a href="https://indico.cern.ch/e/iCSC-2018">https://indico.cern.ch/e/iCSC-2018</a>.</p>
<p><strong>iCSC 2018 programme</strong><br />
This year’s programme, selected from a range of CSC 2017 student proposals, focuses on challenging and innovative topics, including:</p>
<ul><li>Blockchain and Decentralised Consensus</li>
<li>Backend Systems</li>
<li>Complexity and Data Structures</li>
<li>Data Analysis</li>
<li>Identity Federation</li>
<li>Medical Imaging</li>
<li>Open MP</li>
<li>Parallel Programming</li>
</ul><p>This year’s lecturers are:</p>
<ul><li>Alejandro Avilés, Bity SA</li>
<li>Lennaert Bel, Nikhef</li>
<li>Plácido Fernández, CERN/University Carlos III of Madrid</li>
<li>Gabriele Gaetano Fronzé, INFN &amp; Università di Torino/Subatech et IMT-Atlantique Nantes</li>
<li>Christian Graf, Max Planck Institute for Physics</li>
<li>Hannah Short, CERN</li>
<li>Victoria Tokareva, JINR</li>
<li>Georgios Voulgarakis, CERN</li>
</ul><p><strong>About the iCSC</strong><br />
The Inverted Schools of Computing (iCSC) are part of an annual series of schools organised by the CERN School of Computing (CSC). The iCSC consists of lectures presented over a few days by former CSC students, providing advanced education in specialist topics. The Inverted School provides a platform for them to share their knowledge, turning the students into teachers.</p>
<p><strong>The CERN Schools of Computing</strong><br />
The two other Schools that make up the annual CSC series this year are:</p>
<ul><li><a class="bulletin" href="https://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/6th-thematic-cern-school-computing">The Thematic School (tCSC 2018) taking place in June in Split, Croatia;</a></li>
<li>The Main School (CSC 2018) taking place in October in Tel Aviv, Israel.</li>
</ul><p>For further information on the CERN School of Computing, see <a href="http://cern.ch/csc">http://cern.ch/csc</a> or e-mail <a href="mailto:computing.school@cern.ch">computing.school@cern.ch</a>.</p>
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Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:52:06 +0000Corinne Pralavorio123902 at https://home.cernSubscription to the paper versions of the Bulletin and Echohttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/subscription-paper-versions-bulletin-and-echo
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<p>Dear readers,</p>
<p>As <a class="bulletin" href="https://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2017/12/subscription-paper-version-bulletin-and-echo">explained in a previous issue</a>, we have updated the distribution list for the paper versions of the Bulletin for the CERN Community and the Staff Association’s Echo.</p>
<p>Those who returned the reply slip to us will continue to receive both publications, printed entirely in black and white from now on, by post.</p>
<p>You can sign up for e-mail alerts for the Bulletin for the CERN Community, including the <a href="https://home.cern/cern-people/staff-association">information published by the Staff Association</a> (Echo), at <a href="http://cern.ch/go/subscription">http://cern.ch/go/subscription</a></p>
<p>If you have any questions, please contact us at <a href="mailto:internal.communication@cern.ch">internal.communication@cern.ch</a></p>
<p><em>The Editorial Content Development section (IR-ECO-CO)</em><br /><em>and the Staff Association</em></p>
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Mon, 05 Feb 2018 07:00:57 +0000Corinne Pralavorio124005 at https://home.cernThe Poles, witnesses and actors of the climatehttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/poles-witnesses-and-actors-climate
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<p>As a doctor specialising in sports biology and nutrition, Jean-Louis Etienne has taken part in numerous expeditions to the Himalayas, Greenland and Patagonia as well as crewing with Eric Tabarly for a round-the-world race aboard Pen Duick VI.</p>
<p>Jean-Louis Etienne is also a totally committed environmentalist; he led a number of education-oriented scientific expeditions to raise public awareness of the Polar regions and to learn more about their impact on the Earth’s climate and life forms. He will present during the evening his next expedition: <a class="bulletin" href="http://www.jeanlouisetienne.com/polarpod/EN/">Polar Pod</a>.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Thursday 1 March 2018, 6.30pm, Globe of science and innovation <br />
Conference in French with simultaneous interpretation into English.<br />
Free entrance but mandatory registration on the <a class="bulletin" href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/702791/">Indico webpage of the event</a>.</strong></p>
<p><em>Conference organised by the French Group at CERN (GFC), in collaboration with the Education, Communication and Outreach Group.</em></p>
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Sun, 04 Feb 2018 11:21:48 +0000Corinne Pralavorio123796 at https://home.cern6th Thematic CERN School of Computing https://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/6th-thematic-cern-school-computing
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<p>The sixth Thematic CERN School of Computing (<strong>tCSC 2018</strong>) will take place this year in <strong>Split, Croatia, from 3 to 9 June 2018</strong>. The theme is "High Throughput Distributed Processing of Future HEP Data", looking at:</p>
<ul><li>The challenges of HEP data processing in the post-upgrade scenarios.</li>
<li>Scientific software as the key to achieving the deliverables of the (HL-)LHC physics programme.</li>
<li>Parallelism, performance and programming models for exploitation of resources on a single box or on a cluster.</li>
<li>The central role of data management, input and output.</li>
<li>Evolution of hardware and platforms and their requirements on data analysis and tools.</li>
</ul><p>The School is open to postgraduate students and research workers with a few years' experience in elementary particle physics, computing, engineering or related fields. All applicants are welcome, including former and future participants in the main CSC summer school.</p>
<p align="center"><strong>Applications will be accepted until Sunday, 11 March 2018.</strong><br />
Participation is limited to 24 students.<br />
To register, please go to: <a href="https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018">https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018</a>.</p>
<p><strong>About:</strong><br />
The Thematic Schools are part of the annual series of CERN Schools of Computing, to promote advanced learning and knowledge exchange in scientific computing among young scientists and engineers involved in particle physics or other sciences.<br />
They are shorter and more focused than the main Summer CERN School of Computing, but still maintain the same guiding principles: an academic dimension on advanced topics; theory and practice; networking and socialisation.</p>
<p><em>For more information on the CSC, see: <a href="http://cern.ch/csc">http://cern.ch/csc</a>.<br />
For registration and more information on the tCSC 2018, see: <a href="https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018">https://indico.cern.ch/e/tCSC-2018</a>.</em></p>
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Sat, 03 Feb 2018 12:58:58 +0000Corinne Pralavorio123903 at https://home.cernCERN Pension Fund Website Surveyhttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/cern-pension-fund-website-survey
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<p>Dear Member/ Dear Beneficiary,</p>
<p>We are pleased to inform you that a new Pension Fund website will be developed and launched during 2018. We have put together a short survey to help us understand what people want from the new CERN Pension Fund website. Our aim is to provide an informative, easily navigated and modern website.</p>
<p>The survey can be completed anonymously and will take only 5-10 minutes.</p>
<p>It will be available until Sunday 25th February 2018.</p>
<p>Please, do not hesitate to share this survey with anyone that you think may be interested.</p>
<p>To respond to the questionnaire: Please click on the link below or copy/paste this link in the navigation bar of your Internet browser.</p>
<p><a href="https://pension-fund-survey.web.cern.ch/english">https://pension-fund-survey.web.cern.ch/english</a></p>
<p>We thank you in advance for taking the time to complete the survey. Your feedback is important to us.</p>
<p><em>CERN Pension Fund</em></p>
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Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:01:19 +0000Corinne Pralavorio124045 at https://home.cernClosure of road ARAGOhttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/02/closure-road-arago
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<p>Due to construction works, road ARAGO will be closed from Monday 12th February until 31st October 2018.</p>
<p>The closure will be from the parking of building 183 up to the intersection with road FERMI.</p>
<p><em>Thank you for your understanding,</em><br /><em>SMB-DI</em></p>
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Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:18:58 +0000Cristina Agrigoroae123752 at https://home.cernEmergency stop tests on 3 Februaryhttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/01/emergency-stop-tests-3-february
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<p>The emergency stop tests of the West area and the ISR area on the Meyrin site are planned on Saturday 3 February, from 7 :00 am to 8:00 pm.<br />
Frequent power cuts will occur on the Meyrin site, West and ISR area. The EN-EL group recommends that you turn off all your critical equipment and computer equipment.</p>
<p>For any further information please refer:<br />
For the West area:</p>
<p>"Note de coupure": <a class="bulletin" href="https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1747871/1/ENNC_EL_2017_011_AUG_ZO.pdf">https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1747871/1/ENNC_EL_2017_011_AUG_ZO.pdf</a></p>
<p>Map of the Meyrin site showing buildings affected by these power cuts <a class="bulletin" href="https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1747871/1/ENNC_EL_2017_011_AUG_ZO_PLAN.pdf">https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1747871/1/ENNC_EL_2017_011_AUG_ZO_PLAN.pdf</a></p>
<p>For the ISR area:</p>
<p>"Note de coupure": <a class="bulletin" href="https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1894652/1/ENNC_EL_2018_013_AUG_ZONE_OUEST.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1894652/1/ENNC_EL_2018_013_AUG_ZONE_OUEST.pdf</a></p>
<p>Map of the Meyrin site showing buildings affected by these power cuts <a class="bulletin" href="https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1894652/1/ENNC_EL_2018_013_AUG_ZONE_OUEST_PLAN.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://edms.cern.ch/ui/file/1894652/1/ENNC_EL_2018_013_AUG_ZONE_OUEST_PLAN.pdf</a></p>
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Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:59:18 +0000Corinne Pralavorio123415 at https://home.cernCERN Library: cancellation of PressReader subscriptionhttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/01/cern-library-cancellation-pressreader-subscription
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<p>As the scope of the Scientific Information Service continues to expand, we had to cut down on less used subscriptions in 2018. As a consequence, in addition to <a class="bulletin" href="https://home.cern/fr/cern-people/announcements/2017/11/cern-library-cancellation-online-subscriptions">the other resources already cancelled</a> at the end of 2017, the access to <a class="bulletin" href="http://www.pressreader.com">PressReader</a> (previously known as PressDisplay) will be discontinued as of the end of February 2018. </p>
<p>The access to the other online journals, ebooks and databases will be maintained in 2018. </p>
<p>Please don’t hesitate to send any feedback on this subject to <a href="mailto:library.desk@cern.ch">library.desk@cern.ch</a></p>
<p><em>The CERN Library</em></p>
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Fri, 26 Jan 2018 09:34:18 +0000Corinne Pralavorio123210 at https://home.cernWork on the Esplanade des Particuleshttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/01/work-esplanade-des-particules
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<p>As work continues on the <em>Esplanade des Particules</em>, the worksite will be temporarily extended to include part of the road at Entrance A.<br />
To keep traffic flowing in both directions, the lanes will be temporarily narrowed from 26 January until 2 March.</p>
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Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:02:21 +0000Corinne Pralavorio123142 at https://home.cernCERN Accelerator School - Beam Instrumentationhttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/01/cern-accelerator-school-beam-instrumentation
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<p>Registration is now open for the CERN Accelerator School’s course on beam instrumentation, to be held in Tuusula, Finland from 2 to 15 June 2018</p>
<p>Ten years after the last course on beam instrumentation in Dourdan (FR) the CERN Accelerator School (CAS) proposes again a course on beam instrumentation. This course will be of interest to staff and students in accelerator laboratories, university departments and companies manufacturing accelerator equipment who wish to learn about beam instrumentation technologies, data treatment and accelerator performance diagnostics.</p>
<p>The course is split into morning lectures and afternoon “hands-on” courses. During the mornings typical instruments for high- and low-energy linear and circular accelerators will be explained. Many application examples will be shown including some elementary background on particle dynamics. In the afternoons students will be split into classes working with real equipment on beam position measurements, optical diagnostics, RF measurements and digital signal processing. The course participants will rotate during the duration of the school, so every student will participate in all classes.</p>
<p>For more information and application, please visit <a class="bulletin" href="http://cas.web.cern.ch/schools/tuusula-2018">the school website</a>. </p>
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Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:33:27 +0000Corinne Pralavorio122804 at https://home.cernCatch a Car sharing service now has parking spaces at CERNhttps://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/01/catch-car-sharing-service-now-has-parking-spaces-cern
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<p>From January 2018, a new mobility initiative will be implemented at CERN. This involves the car sharing-operator Catch a Car will provide two reserved parking spaces in the Globe car park. Use of these cars will be available for all personnel working on the CERN site for private use at preferential rates: the registration fee for CERN personnel will be 5CHF instead of 25CHF, and a 50CHF initial credit.</p>
<p>Catch a Car is a subsidiary of the Mobility Cooperative. It operates one of Switzerland’s first car sharing networks in Geneva and Basel. Customers locate a car online, drive from A to B, and then leave it in a public parking space within a defined zone. The service operates in Geneva and covers the most of the canton, including the city itself, the adjoining districts of Carouge, Lancy, Vernier and Chêne-Bougeries, and Cointrin Airport.</p>
<p>From now on, CERN's community – with about 9,000 people working on the CERN site each day – will have the opportunity to make use of this resource-saving, cost-effective alternative to the private car. In return, Catch a Car will not only provide the vehicles, it will also check that they are available and that the parking spaces are kept vacant.</p>
<p>To sign up to use this service and benefit from the preferential deal please register via <a class="bulletin" href="https://www.catch-a-car.ch/">https://www.catch-a-car.ch/</a> quoting the promotional code CATCHCERN.</p>
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Thu, 18 Jan 2018 09:02:40 +0000Harriet Kim Jarlett122766 at https://home.cern New Office for Data Privacy website launched https://home.cern/cern-people/announcements/2018/01/new-office-data-privacy-website-launched
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<p>Last year saw the creation of the<a class="bulletin" href="https://home.cern/cern-people/opinion/2017/06/your-privacy-matters"> new Office of Data Privacy Protection</a> (ODPP) to make sure CERN adopts best practice for handling personal data, especially in light of the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will become law in Europe this coming May.</p>
<p>During 2018, the initiatives to demonstrate CERN’s commitment to data privacy protection will continue to gather momentum. One of the ways the ODPP is hoping to improve best practice across the Organization is through the creation of a new website, <a class="bulletin" href="https://cern.ch/odpp">https://cern.ch/odpp</a>, which offers information, advice and teaching materials. The site will continue to grow throughout the year with more resources.</p>
<p>The ODPP is also available to help with advice on the handling of personal data at CERN and to advise anyone whose personal data is processed by the Organization. </p>
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Tue, 16 Jan 2018 15:42:17 +0000Harriet Kim Jarlett122709 at https://home.cern